Which returned more over the last year, FIDU or XLI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FIDU returned +10.5% and XLI +11.7%.

Which is cheaper, FIDU or XLI?

Neither: FIDU and XLI both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FIDU and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FIDU and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FIDU vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

FIDU and XLI hold 79% of their weight in the same names, and XLI returned +11.7% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF, and $30.7bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

Both cost 0.08% a year; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; XLI is 12.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	FIDU	XLI
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$2.3bn	$29.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.5%	+11.7%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	Industrial Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.3%	39.3%
Below its high	9.8%, high on Jun 30, 2026	9.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+10.5%

FIDU total return, 1 year

+11.7%

XLI total return, 1 year

0.08%

FIDU expense ratio

0.08%

XLI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FIDU and XLI hold 79% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

50%

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79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FIDU XLI

Caterpillar Inc 5.39% 6.83%

General Electric Co 5.35% 5.92%

RTX Corp 4.12% 4.64%

GE Vernova Inc 3.80% 4.97%

Union Pacific Corp 2.47% 3.08%

Boeing Co/The 2.30% 2.77%

Eaton Corp PLC 2.29% 3.08%

Deere & Co 2.05% 3.06%

Uber Technologies Inc 1.78% 2.68%

Parker-Hannifin Corp 1.75% 2.23%

Lockheed Martin Corp 1.72% 1.93%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.61% 1.66%

Only in FIDU

Waste Connections Inc 0.61%

Rocket Lab Corp 0.48%

Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.38%

ATI Inc 0.36%

nVent Electric PLC 0.35%

Carpenter Technology Corp 0.35%

XPO Inc 0.33%

Woodward Inc 0.31%

Only in XLI

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.38%

DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC 0.33%

XAI EMINI INDUSTR DEC26 -0.00%

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On the same fields

FIDU

Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF

XLI

State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Fidelity State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Industrials

Total return, 1 year +10.5% +11.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −5.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 77.8% 99.9%

Holdings 361 84

Net assets, FIDU as of Sep 30, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.3bn $30.7bn

FIDU and XLI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FIDU in plain words

FIDU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 361 positions, with the top ten at 31.3%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

XLI in plain words

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 39.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FIDU or XLI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FIDU returned +10.5% and XLI +11.7%.
Which is cheaper, FIDU or XLI?: Neither: FIDU and XLI both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FIDU and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 78% of FIDU and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FIDU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FIDU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗XLI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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